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Ballerina Isabella Boylston, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, took us along for the ride when she attended this summer’s Vail International Dance Festival as its official Artist-in-Residence. Here, she shares an exclusive diary with ELLE, with behind-the-scenes photos shot by Patrick Fraser. Fraser, the husband of ballerina Carla Körbes, compiled photos from past years into a glossy collection.

Ballerina Isabella Boylston, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, took us along for the ride when she attended this summer’s Vail International Dance Festival as its official Artist-in-Residence. Here, she shares an exclusive diary with ELLE, with behind-the-scenes photos shot by Patrick Fraser. Fraser, the husband of ballerina Carla Körbes, compiled photos from past years into a glossy collection.

Motherhood, particularly the idea of motherhood, can be a scary thing. While you might want to be a mom, see yourself as a mom, and even act sometimes like a mom—to bring a kid into this world is a big leap of faith. But what kind of mom will you be? The AstroTwins delve right into that very topic—and even how to raise different signs/quiet those tantrums—in their book Momstrology. Here, a look at the type of mom you’re destined to be.

Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of two things: Summer and rosé drinking season. But with more and more options popping up on shelves, which ones should you reach for? I chatted with Brian Smith, chief wine officer at Winc, Laura Maniec, master sommelier and co-founder of Corkbuzz Restaurant and Wine Bar, and Alyssa Vitrano, founder of the pop culture wine blog Grapefriend, to get their picks for favorite rosé wines under $20.

Some lucky—but far too few—new, working mothers have employers that go the extra mile when it comes to lactation rooms. These pumping palaces give a whole new meaning to the term “fantasy suite.” But the majority of women (and a few transgender men!) who pump at work do so in far less glamorous conditions. I asked my own Facebook community and working parents on a number of online support groups to share photos of their less-than-perfect lactation rooms. Many of these lactation spaces meet the letter of the law (which varies from state to state)—a private room with a locking door is pretty much all that’s required—but they’re cramped, often dirty, and not very conducive to letdown of milk. Some of these pictures represent actual violations of the law: non-private, non-locking spaces, sometimes in bathrooms. It’s a testament to the will and ingenuity of working parents—and to battery packs, nursing covers, shower curtains, and other hacks—that we make these spaces work.

Here are just a few examples of the rooms working mothers have to pump in—from the spare and unglamorous to downright illegal. We invite you to tweet us your own @ELLEmagazine using the hashtag #fromwhereipump.

Jessica Shortall is an advocate for working parents and the author of Work. Pump. Repeat: The New Mom’s Survival Guide to Breastfeeding and Going Back to Work. Follow her @jessicashortall.

Your (seemingly innocent) daily habits—like scrolling through Insta in bed—could be destroying your marriage. “Research shows that there are a lot of little things people do that can indicate serious problems in relationships,” says Carrie Cole, a couples therapist and certified Gottman master trainer at the Center for Relationship Wellness in Houston. The good news? Even if you’re having problems now, it doesn’t mean you’re headed for divorce. A recent survey found that couples are more likely to try to work things out—and break the bad habits they’ve developed—than they were even 10 years ago. Here, 8 bad habits that couples therapists say can easily break up a marriage.

What would you do for better-quality shut eye? Pay a million dollars? Name your first child after someone? Okay, maybe you wouldn’t go that far — and that’s fine, because you don’t have to. These accessories are all intended to help you sleep more soundly: